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A Call to What is Vital
by Jones, Rufus M
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good: mild shelf wear, toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, neat underlining throughout. binding tight./good: small tears with loss, age soiled, edge wear, clipped.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan Company, 1948. first edition. hardcover. good: mild shelf wear, toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, neat underlining throughout. binding tight./good: small tears with loss, age soiled, edge wear, clipped.. 12mo. 143pp. Religious Book Club Edition. from front flap: "Rufus Jones has written this new book in the firm belief that the times are ripe for a signal advance in religious life. While he is troubled by the fact that religion is apparently losing ground among young people today, due to the expansion of definite scientific knowledge, he still believes that religion and science are not opponents but that true religion and true science may be harmonized for the greater good of the human race." #01074.
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Details
- Seller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 996
- Title
- A Call to What is Vital
- Author
- Jones, Rufus M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good: mild shelf wear, toning to endpapers, name on FFEP, neat underlining throughout. binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- good: small tears with loss, age soiled, edge wear, clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- religion, science, Christianity, first edition, nonfiction
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.